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When he spoke in Germany, McMaster did not believe he could go further than the cold facts of the document, a reality that deeply frustrated the president, two administration officials said . It all kicked into gear back in November 2016 when Donald Trump pulled off the shocking upset over Hillary Clinton . Clint Watts, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute who studied the Russian influence campaign, also followed up, telling The Wall Street Journal : "Mr. Read More »

The researchers see the technology as a non-invasive away for monitoring the health of the elderly or home-bound patients, by both the people around them and healthcare officials who may monitor their status through the cloud. Although this sensor, developed in an earlier study, was capable of measuring temperature, pressure and myoelectricity, the team say that it wasn't until the latest research that it successfully recorded an electrocardiogram. Read More »

The drone's speed and direction in flight can be controlled by moving the head, eyes, or hands. Once the user is done inspecting the information presented by the drone's screen, they can turn their back to the gadget in order to dismiss it. Read More »

Overnight clashes between Sufi sect members and Iranian police killed five members of the security forces and injured 30, Iranian media reported Tuesday, the latest tension between the mystical order and authorities. "Some 100 policemen attacked the dervishes and shot at them", Kasra Nouri, a dervish taking part in the gathering, told RFE/RL. Pictures on Iranian media showed protesters had set several cars and motorcycles on fire. Read More »

When Andreas Preuninger, head of GT cars at Porsche , talks about the new 911 GT3 RS he mimes out the motions of steering a vehicle with fingertips. There is a proviso for early customers where the Weissach Pack will be offered as a two-stage package, as production delays on those magnesium wheels mean they'll not be available on the earliest customer orders. Read More »

However, for me as a zoologist, the most interesting aspect of our discovery remains the close interaction between the dumbo egg and the deep-sea coral host". The octopus hatchling measures only 3 centimeters and has fins at the end of its mantle that resembles elephant ears. They discovered that the dumbo octopus has a nervous system that is similar to an adult, and a large yolk sac which serves as a source of nutrient for the hatchling until it can feed itself. Read More »

Motion control support can also be used fully or partially, allowing players to use the controller's analog stick should they want a middle ground. Doom's release on the Nintendo Switch has always felt like a bit of a miracle , and that miracle became a bit easier to play with today's patch that adds motion controls to the game. Read More »

About two-thirds of England's Anglican churches and the parishes they represent are located in rural areas. Some of these are wireless transmitters tucked at the top of spires, others are aerials and satellite dishes, or simply using the parish as a hub for cables to home. Read More »

The birthday auto is based on the M4 with M Competition Package that gets an M sport exhaust and adaptive M suspension along with a 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged six-cylinder engine that produces 331kW of power and 550Nm of torque - a sizeable upgrade from the original 2.3-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine which produced half as much power. Read More »

During the late 1800s, the storm was as wide as 30 degrees longitude, Orton told Business Insider , which works out to more than 35,000 miles, about four times the width of our Earth . Earth is also smaller and rotates on its axis slower than Jupiter , which revolves around its axis once every ten hours. "In truth, the GRS has been shrinking for a long time, ' he said , noting it is now shrinking". Read More »

Drake's God's Plan looks set to extend its reign at Number 1 on this week's Official Singles Chart. He performs at both of the locations in the " God's Plan " video . Drake gifted a US$50,000 check for scholarship for SC student Destiny James to attend UM and study public health. Some of his good deeds earned the press before the video's release; Drake gave $25,000 to Miami Senior High School , and it was reported that he camped out at a local supermarket and paid for $50,000 ... Read More »

The Bucs announced the release of Martin on Tuesday freeing up $6.75 million in salary cap space. Martin's career highlights include 11 100-yard rushing games, tied for second-most in team history. After the season, the Bucs gave him a huge vote of confidence with a five-year, $37.5 million extension containing $15 million in guaranteed money. A second-round pick out of Clemson, Buckner played 12 years in the league with Pittsburgh (1994-96), Cincinnati (1997), San Francisco (1998-2000) ... Read More »

Fable Fortune will soon be leaving its beta phase and going free-to-play on Xbox One and Window 10. Although the game will become free-to-play when it leaves Early Access, as was always the plan, Flaming Fowl notes that interested parties can still pick up the Fable Fortune Founder's Pack for £9.99 / $14.99 Dollars on Xbox One and Steam right now. Read More »

However, according to the company, the next Falcon 9 launch has been delayed at least until February 21. SpaceX delayed the launch of its next Falcon 9 rocket , to Wednesday at the earliest. Even still, the current state of the rocket is already impressive. Also, the first-stage booster which was used to launch Taiwan's Formosat-5 satellite in August 2017 is ready. Read More »

An ad for a senior product manager (hardware), spotted last April , showed Spotify was looking to build "fully-connected hardware devices" akin to the " Pebble Watch , Amazon Echo , and Snap Spectacles ". Apple's decision to forego Spotify support on the Homepod , in favour of its own music streaming service , was bashed by some reviewers. While there are plenty of smart speakers that are perfectly compatible with Spotify, you can't really blame the company for wanting some sort of device ... Read More »

Even though the development of this keyboard app has now been stopped, it's still available for download on Play Store . Nuance adds the move is "necessary to allow us to concentrate on developing our AI solutions for sale directly to businesses". Read More »

Investigators said Byrns and Johnson met while playing the online game Minecraft, WESH reported. Posing as a young girl, he chatted with the girl and persuaded her to meet him near her home, police said. The two then traveled to Macon, where they stopped at the hotel. Deputies called the Federal Bureau of Investigation and they tracked the 11-year-old's cell phone to a Holiday Inn in Macon, Georgia - five hours from home. Read More »

Sony said it was planning a joint venture to offer artificial intelligence technology to six taxi operators, which now own a total of 10,000 vehicles in Tokyo . The company a year ago opened access to its deep-learning software tools in a bid to attract artificial-intelligence developers. Each have already formed a partnership with cab company Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo . Read More »

Afterwards, he had some words for the U.S. "You know they will always show up". But these aren't normal circumstances. Should the case be confirmed, the organisation said it will "be considered by the OAR Implementation Group", which will report back to the International Olympic Committee at the end of the Games. Read More »

Will it be a Xperia with the back curved or that design that the video drops will be applied to other elements such as the screen? From what we know so far, one of the phones that Sony may unveil could be the Xperia XZ2 as it has been the most talked about phone in recent weeks. Read More »

It was clear that the patch was rushed out to stop the Telugu bug on its tracks, and in so doing, Apple had to bypass the inclusion of other improvements. This bug is problematic because the only way to now fix it is by deleting the entire messaging thread on other devices unaffected by it. The bug annoyed many iPhone and iPad owners since their devices would freeze up and become unresponsive. Read More »

Those phones were initially released to the public in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Microsoft has spared device running Windows 8 .1 and 10 mobile. Many have jumped at declaring that this is Microsoft's next move in nixing the Windows Phone products completely. At the rate smartphones evolve and become useless, you find them to be dropped quicker than desktop OS versions, as users typically flock to newer phones within just a few years on average (most of this is thanks to strategic ... Read More »

These satellites will take the next step into space, which is critical for the network's progress. "Whereas SpaceX's technology would be a lot more satellites, smaller, and not in geostationary orbits". Over the past decade, that has ratcheted up $19 billion in development costs and it is set to cost about $1 billion per launch - 10 times as much as the Falcon Heavy. Read More »

One of those is through the use of adaptors, letting players access more complex control schemes, as they would on a PC. Players have asked Microsoft to ban the use of such peripherals because they make certain matches unfair. The company claims its up to developers to allow for Xbox One keyboard and mouse support in games. Crucially, Ybarra said Microsoft understands the concerns people have about keyboard and mouse users having the upper hand against people using a controller. Read More »

After applying Jio Football Offer this smartphone will be available in just Rs 699. The Jio Football offer is available for both existing and new Jio customers. Jio cashback offers are back. The top end 4G smartphone model from Jivi Mobile, Prime P444, is available in market for Rs 4,799 and after the offer it will cost Rs 2,599 a unit to customers, as per the statement. Read More »

The new Rs 109 plan offers the same benefits for 14 days. If you find all those popular Rs 399 and Rs 500 plans expensive, the plans mentioned below are light on the pocket, costing just around Rs 100, and high on value with unlimited calls along with fixed data. Read More »

His painting from the blue period, La Miséreuse accroupie , also known as The Crouching Beggar or The Crouching Woman , was created in 1902. However, a team of scientists at the Northwestern University in IL recently found another secret artwork that shows how the artist painted over his own work as well. Read More »

Here's what the scheme offers. What do you guys think about this new cashback offer? The cashback benefit will be given to customers in two instalments over 36 months. The Nokia 2 is now available in India at an MRP of Rs. 6,999, while the Nokia 3 has a MRP of Rs. 9,499. This takes the effective cost of the price of the smartphone comes down to Rs 7,499. Read More »

This is because back in early 2017, Google had already begun testing out the feature, but it seems that it is only now that the feature is live and available to everyone with version 7 .21. Once you tap on Edit, Google will open the basic editor, with options including crop and doodle . This saves it in your phone 's Screenshot folder, and calls up the share menu. Read More »

A new report from Nikkei today explains that by lowering iPhone X orders, Apple has left Samsung scrambling to find new customers for its OLED panels. This new development follows earlier reports that Apple was cutting production of the iPhone X after slowing sales. Only 5-10% of smartphones made by Oppo and Vivo, China's major smartphone makers, use OLED panels. Read More »

Shares of Walt Disney ( DIS ) traded up $1.64 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $112.19. Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has risen 26.75% since January 28, 2017 and is uptrending. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -19.78% negative EPS growth. Ashfield Capital Partners Llc, which manages about $2.94B and $746.61 million US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd ( NYSE :BABA) by 6,743 shares to 18,168 shares, valued at $3.14M in 2017Q3, according to the ... Read More »

Citrix Systems Inc. had 78 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Twin Tree Management Lp bought 24,836 shares as the company's stock rose 2.84% with the market. Packaging Corp Amer (NYSE:PKG) was reduced too. Therefore 60% are positive. In a report released yesterday, Oppenheimer also assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Read More »

Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, are a magnificent display of light. One of Earth's most dazzling natural phenomena are the brilliant moving lights of the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights. However, under the right conditions they can be viewed throughout the United Kingdom as well. We'll tell you all you need to know about seeing them in this article - but first, here's the science bit. Read More »

But they were quite wrong, and they named the region "Perserverance Valley" in honor of Opportunity's incredible endurance on the Martian surface. In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars, but its Sojourner rover broke down after just three months and carried a relative dearth of useful scientific tools. Read More »